Women have been giving birth naturally throughout history, but what are the risks and benefits to natural birth, i.e. avoiding epidurals and analgesics? Is having a natural birth statistically more or ...

Women are advised to try to physically relax during labor, while the cervix is still dilating. That is, to "breath away" the contractions - the puffing thing. Why? Pain is (in my personal experience) ...

I know this site is only about Parenting so hope this question is not too far off this site scope.
My wife is 37 weeks and 5 days into her pregnancy and till now she just used to have pains similar ...

What are the essential things to bring when going into the hospital to give birth?
I have a short list of things that I can remember the midwives mentioning, such as a hat and vests for the newborn ...

I have always found this fascinating. We are the most intelligent beings on the earth. Still, a rat can give birth to its offspring all by itself, but why is that not happening with humans? Is it just ...